marble orchard

noun

A cemetery.

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Meanings

nounmarble orchard (plural marble orchards)

plural marble orchards

  1. slangA cemetery.

    "It's so peaceful." ¶ "So's a marble orchard." ¶ "A marble orchard?" ¶ "A cemetery."

    1927, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Lost Ecstasy: A Novel, page 258

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cemeterygraveyardnecropolis

Origin

By analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees.

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marble orchard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marble%20orchard

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